Sims v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

We granted appellant Willie Sims’ petition for certiorari in Sims v. State, 267 Ga. App. 572 (1) (600 SE2d 613) (2004), in order to address whether the Court of Appeals applied the appropriate standard of appellate review of the judgment entered on a special verdict that a criminal defendant is competent to stand trial. Because we reject the “any evidence” standard for review of competency verdicts, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

Prior to his aggravated sodomy conviction, Sims filed a plea of mental incompetency based on mental retardation pursuant to OCGA §…